Each year the U.S. Post Office puts out a love stamp; for the last 35 years they have brought forth a new stamp commemorating love. A variety of designs have been implemented and created to get at the heart of what love is and how it is should be celebrated.
As we ponder love, especially in light of Valentines, may we always remember the one love stamp that has forever been etched in our minds and hearts, the stamp of Christ crucified.
Surely, we see there on the cross that love is not made but rather it is to be imitated; imitation is the perfect form of flattery. May we flatter the eternal being of love by imitating His stamp of approval upon our lives with the gift of his own.
As we pray this season of lent may the perfect love of christ purify our love and desire and lead us to a more perfect imitation of that stamp of love in crucified form. May we prostrate ourselves as Esther and beg that we might for a change be pleasing to God; only then shall love truly be other centered, a gift mean tot be given regardless of the circumstances.
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